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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 63 5,646, dated October 24, 1899.

Application filed August 17, 1899. Serial No. 727,518. (No modelJ To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILLARD F. BLAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Martinsburg, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping-Cars; 1 and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to dumping-cars, and more particularly yto that class of which the Patent No. 567,019, granted to me September 1, 1896, may be taken as a type; and the object is to improve the construction and increase the efficiency of the car.

rI o this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several elements of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved du mping-car. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a transverse central section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a similar View taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

1 1 denote the parallel xed sides, and 2 2 the corresponding ends of the car-body.

3 3 denote the bolsters to which the trucks (not shown) are pivoted, and 4 denotes a central longitudinal beam extending the entire length of the car, its ends being fixed to and braced with the end of the car-body and also to the intersecting portions of the bolsters on which it rests.

6 designates a central transverse beam resting on the said longitudinal beam and having its 'ends suitably braced in the side Walls of the car.

7 7 denote the tilting bottom sections fulcrumed on the cross-rods S 8 and provided with the hinged end sections 9 9, which incline upwardly and outwardly and have their upper ends resting against the end Walls of the car, and each is provided with an outwardly-projecting fiange 10, which overlaps 5o or extends over the upper edge of the contiguous end wall to prevent the coal from getting in between the hinged and the fixed walls.

The meeting ends of the tilting bottom sections are bifurcated to straddlethe longitudinal beam andthe extension-pieces 12 12, fixed to the top edge of said beam and extending on each side of the transverse beam, and the upper edges of these extension-pieces and likewise the transverse beam are beveled off on each side of the central line and also overlap the contiguous edges of the tilting bottom sections to prevent any coal lodging on the extension-pieces or cross-brace or finding its Way in between them and the bot-tom sections.

13 13 denote inclined ridge-pieces iixed to the inside face of the side walls, so as to project over the contiguous edges of the bottom sections to cover the joints formed between the side Walls and the sides of the forward ends of the bottom sections.

14 denotes a chain stay or brace connecting the sides of the car-body to prevent lateral bulging, and 15 denotes a longitudinal truss-brace, which forms a central support for the longitudinal beam.

16 16 denote rack-bars fixed to the side of the car to support the cross-rods 17 17, which in turn support the meeting ends of the tilting sections. These rods are provided with pinions, which mesh with the racks and also with a hand-Wheel for manipulating them. The upper faces of the bottom sections, the inner faces of the hinged end walls, and the upper edges of the transverse brace, the extension-pieces, and the ridges are all covered with sheet metal to protect them, and this sheet-metal lining also presents a smooth surface to facilitate the discharge of the coal.

It will of course be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted .to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

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trai longitudinal beam, the extension-pieces in testimony whereof I have hereunto set iixed thereto, the transverse beam interposed my hand in presence of two subscribing Witbetween said extension-pieces and the innesses. clined ridge-pieces 13 fixed to the side Walls MILLARD F. BLAKE.

of the ear-body and projecting over the oon- Vitnesses: tignous edges of the bottom sections, substan- G. E. STRUESSER, tially as and for the purpose set forth. l J. S. BONEBRAKE. 

